The Liri Valley

by Mark Zuehlke

  Ontario Tank Regiment, 67, 101, 103, 113, 120–23, 129, 137, 140–42, 144, 154–55, 157 162–63, 207–8

  Aquino attack, 209–14

  Three Rivers Tank Regiment, 5, 50, 55, 57–58, 61, 64, 67, 100–103, 115, 121, 144, 150–54, 157, 161–63, 165–67, 183, 187, 189, 246, 299–300, 301–7, 331, 335–36, 429

  Artillery Units

  1st Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA, 308

  2nd Field Regiment, RCA, 247, 251

  3rd Field Regiment, RCA, 225, 278

  4th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA, 329, 340, 368, 388–89, 393, 395

  8th Canadian Field, RCA, 329

  Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 78, 108–10, 131–32, 215, 221, 296, 305, 307, 322

  Infantry Battalions/Regiments

  48th Highlanders of Canada, 169–70, 180, 189, 191–95, 202, 215–16, 250–59, 304, 309–10, 322

  Cape Breton Highlanders, 14–15, 46, 51–52, 56–57, 360–61, 374, 378–79, 381–82, 385, 388–89, 390, 402–3, 407–8, 411

  Carleton and York Regiment, 61, 178, 183, 188–89, 199, 215–18, 225, 243, 266–67, 285, 290, 295–98, 299–301, 303–4, 335–37, 374, 383

  Hastings and Prince Edward, 60–61, 170, 173–75, 180, 189–91, 194, 215, 250, 310–11

  Irish Regiment of Canada, 14, 46, 48, 51, 57, 73, 226, 328, 330–32, 334, 340, 357–58, 360–62, 369, 371, 373, 385–86, 393, 402–3, 411–12

  Loyal Edmonton Regiment, 5, 47–48, 58, 67, 263, 265–67, 270, 274, 299, 313, 319, 321–22, 410–411, 431

  assault on Hitler Line, 278–81, 292–93

  Perth Regiment of Canada, 14, 46–48, 50–52, 54–59, 73–74, 360–61, 374, 378, 380–83, 385–90, 402–4

  Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 263–67, 270–71, 299, 308, 314, 319, 323, 411–13

  assault on Hitler Line, 273–78, 292–93

  Rocky Mountain Rangers, 264, 335

  Royal Canadian Regiment, 48, 62, 66, 68–69, 109, 169–75, 191, 205, 241, 248–50, 255, 311, 317, 413, 415–17, 420

  Royal Rifles of Canada, 32

  Royal 22e Regiment, 68, 178, 199–202, 215, 236, 241, 243, 268, 299–300, 303, 307–8, 331, 335, 421

  May 16 attack, 181–87

  May 19 Hitler Line probe, 216–26

  Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 5, 47, 68, 263–68, 271, 274, 278, 293, 299, 307, 319–21, 335, 411, 413–14, 417

  assault on Hitler Line, 281–92

  Voltigeurs de Québec, 182

  Westminster (Motor) Regiment, 9, 16, 38–40, 46, 73, 75, 90, 342, 344, 383, 392, 394–99, 430

  and Melfa bridgehead battle, 347, 349–60, 362–71, 373

  West Nova Scotia, 179, 183, 187–88, 225, 266–67, 297–99, 301–7, 335, 374, 383

  Other Units

  1st Field Company, RCE, 168, 251

  1st Field Squadron, RCE, 390–91

  2 Field Company, RCE, 251

  10th Field Squadron, RCE, 329, 390

  Canadian Medical Corps, 82

  First Special Service Force, 318

  No. 5 Field Ambulance, 294,

  No. 7 Light Field Ambulance, 329

  No. 9 Field Ambulance, 294

  Princess Louise Fusiliers, 52–53

  Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 232

  Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 115

  Saskatoon Light Infantry, 52, 225, 293

  Reconnaissance Units

  Governor General’s Horse Guards, 46, 73, 226, 329–30, 332–34, 383, 407

  Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, 215–16, 240–41, 254, 309, 311, 334–37, 383, 414, 416–17

  Royal Canadian Dragoons, 46, 335–37

  BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH

  Eighth Army, 3–6, 10, 16, 20–21, 24–27, 34–38, 43, 49, 59, 61, 75, 78–79, 83, 85–88, 43, 49, 59, 61, 63–64, 75, 78–79, 83, 85–88, 93, 97, 101, 107, 130, 136–37, 143, 146, 151, 156, 169, 171, 180, 196, 204, 224, 227, 231, 233, 235, 237, 240, 262, 267, 311, 316, 373, 377, 383–84, 391, 404–6, 418

  Corps

  II Polish Corps, 84, 86, 103, 105, 130–33, 176

  V Corps, 49, 66

  X Corps, 26

  XIII Corps, 63, 86, 100–101, 103, 105, 107, 112, 115, 129–30, 133, 136, 148–49, 152, 154, 164–65, 169, 171, 204, 226, 231–32, 234, 315–36, 332, 392, 404, 406, 418

  XXX Corps, 31

  Divisions

  2nd New Zealand, 20–21

  3rd Carpathian Rifle, 84, 130–31

  4th, 101, 111–13, 129, 149, 164

  4th Indian, 21

  5th Kresowa Infantry, 130

  7th Armoured, 31, 34, 38

  8th Indian, 52, 85, 101, 111–13, 115, 121, 149, 164–65, 168–69, 173, 178–79

  78th Infantry, 21, 78, 101, 112, 149, 164–65, 175, 178, 187, 189, 196, 204, 207, 218, 222, 233–34, 267, 270, 281, 314–15, 382, 392, 402

  Armoured Brigades/Regiments

  25th Royal Tank, 327, 332

  25th Royal Tank Brigade, 148, 165, 204, 233, 251–52

  26th Armoured Brigade, 101, 155, 208–10, 213

  51st Royal Tank, 217, 266, 295, 298–99, 303

  142nd Suffolk Tank, 169–72, 192, 249, 259, 309

  North Irish Horse, 266, 274, 286, 314, 415

  Infantry Brigades/Regiments

  1st Frontier Force, 121, 129, 139–42

  1st Royal Fusiliers, 121, 129, 154–55

  3rd Punjabi, 113, 122, 128, 142

  6th (Royal) Frontier Force Rifles, 138–39, 142–43, 157, 161

  12th (British), 176

  15th Punjabi, 178

  17th Indian, 101, 155

  19th (British), 101

  19th Indian Infantry, 165, 168–69, 171

  21st Indian, 150–53, 165

  21st Lancers, 149

  36th Infantry, 213

  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 126–28, 137–38, 154, 161, 210

  Independent Carpathian Rifle, 131

  South African (Motor), 15

  Other Units

  1st Army Group, Royal Artillery, 52

  77th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 79

  Desert Air Force, 76, 102–3, 231, 245, 270

  UNITED STATES AND FRENCH

  II Corps, 86

  VI Corps, 24, 87–88, 318, 373, 404

  Corps Expéditionnaire Français 85–86, 106, 130, 149, 157, 168, 172, 179, 202, 204, 260, 319, 372, 405, 417

  Fifth Army, 3–5, 10, 16–18, 24–25, 27, 75, 85–87, 98, 103, 169, 260, 404, 418

  Divisions

  3rd Infantry Division, 318

  36th Infantry Division, 75, 112

  85th, 27

  88th, 27

  Première Division de Marche d‘Infanterie, 172

  GERMAN

  XIV Panzer Corps, 135, 178, 372–73

  LI Mountain Corps, 108, 372

  LXXVI Panzer Corps, 18

  Fourteenth Army, 17, 25–27, 77, 86, 105, 134–35, 260, 318, 373, 404

  Tenth Army, 17, 25–27, 58, 75, 77, 86–87, 98, 104–5, 129, 134–37, 156, 177, 240, 259, 312, 318, 371–73, 389, 404, 406

  Divisions

  1st Parachute, 19, 27, 47, 50, 106–7, 136, 156, 177–78, 231, 239, 267, 312, 343

  3rd Infantry, 18, 107

  3rd Panzer Grenadier, 77

  5th Mountain, 14, 136, 176, 312

  15th Panzer Grenadier, 106, 136, 176

  26th Panzer, 18, 260, 389–90

  26th Panzer Grenadier, 77, 156, 240

  29th Panzer Grenadier, 27, 196

  71st Infantry, 149, 172

  90th Panzer Grenadier, 77, 136–37, 157, 176, 239, 259–61, 263, 312, 372

  94th Infantry, 149, 172

  114th Light Infantry, 18

  278th Infantry, 135

  Hermann Göring, 18, 148

  Hochlund Deutschmeister, 216

  Regiments

  3rd Parachute, 261

  4th Panzer Regiment, 339

  4th Parachute Regiment, 196

  114th Jäger Division, 136

  115th Panzer Grenadier, 106, 176
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  576th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 106–7, 143, 173, 176, 239–40, 261

  1027th Panzer Grenadier, 389

  Other Units

  Luftflotte 2, 77